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Definitions for Rescued
[1] to free or deliver from confinement, violence, danger, or evil.
[2] Law . to liberate or take by forcible or illegal means from lawful custody.
[3] the act of rescuing.
[4] of or relating to someone or something trained or equipped to rescue: a rescue dog.
[5] to bring (someone or something) out of danger, attack, harm, etc; deliver or save
[6] to free (a person) from legal custody by force
[7] law to seize (goods or property) by force
[8] the act or an instance of rescuing (as modifier ) a rescue party
[9] the forcible removal of a person from legal custody
[10] law the forcible seizure of goods or property
Words related to Rescued
elivery, salvage, recovery, relief, preserve, protect, retrieve, liberate, extricate, keep, free, release, recover, recapture, ransom, saving, redemption, feat, reclamation, heroism
Words nearby Rescued
rescuerescind, rescissible, rescission, rescissory, rescript, rescue, rescue dog, rescue grass, rescue mission, reseal, research
Origin of Rescued
1300–50; (v.) Middle English rescuen < Old French rescourre, equivalent to re- re- + escourre to shake, drive out, remove < Latin excutere (ex- ex-1 + -cutere, combining form of quatere to shake); (noun) Middle English, derivative of the v.
Other words from Rescued
res·cu·a·ble , adjective
res·cue·less , adjective
res·cu·er , noun
non·res·cue , noun
qua·si-res·cued , adjective
un·res·cu·a·ble , adjective
un·res·cued , adjective
Word origin for Rescued
C14: rescowen , from Old French rescourre , from re- + escourre to pull away, from Latin excutere to shake off, from quatere to shake
Synonyms for Rescued
extricate, free, keep, liberate, preserve, protect, recapture, recover, release, retrieve, salvage, conserve, deliver, disembarrass, disentangle, emancipate, manumit, ransom, redeem, regain, retain, safeguard, spring, unleash, unloose, bail one out, get off the hook, get out, get out of hock, give a break, hold over, pull out of the fire, save life of, set free